下午的sunset game drive 一開始就不一般。Themba叫我們仔細聞聞看,果然空氣中有一股濃烈的異樣氣味。
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一頭公象向我們奔過來。Themba說這是一頭發情的公象,那股氣味,還有他臉上腿上都濕了大片,都是特徵。趁他還沒抽風前,我們趕緊開動溜了。
發情的大象富於攻擊性,絕對招惹不得。
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Themba和Jimmy問我們想看什麼動物。大家都說獅子花豹已經看飽了,想看犀牛。於是開開停停找犀牛蹤跡,不久Jimmy就宣布找到了犀牛腳印,然後就展開一個多小時漫長堅韌的追蹤,期間Jimmy追得太興奮下車步行去追看腳印,Themba指著路旁的灌木葉子,上面有好多紅色點點,他說這就是犀牛的尿液中的酸性令這樹葉染上“血染的風采”,還很新鮮。
過了一會,Themba也下車去追犀牛了。車上手無寸鐵的老百姓們頓覺失怙,恨不得抱著他的大腿大叫“不要丟下我們”。![哭 哭](https://blog.wenxuecity.com/include/editor/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/wxc/010.gif)
眼看著太陽西斜,晚來風急,草叢裡不知道有多少雙眼睛盯著我們。。。一車的老百姓面面相覷,無助地風蕭蕭兮易水寒,還“不敢高聲語,恐驚叢中獸“,這次的game drive此時可謂:「尋尋覓覓,冷冷清清,凄凄慘慘戚戚。」
感覺過了好久好久,辛苦的兩位終於平安歸隊了,一車老百姓懸著的心總算放下來。這時候我真的已經不想去追犀牛了,何必這麼執著。。。但Themba更加篤定犀牛就在附近,快馬加鞭,幾個衝刺後,突然草叢裡冒出一隻黑犀牛,撒開腿就橫衝直跑,車上的我們都屏住了呼吸!
沒想到看起來笨重又短腿的大傢伙居然跑得那個快!老公僅僅抓到一個屁股(嘆息!)Themba說這隻犀牛今天太害羞,果斷決定就此收手。雖然沒拍到犀牛頗為扼腕,我還是很欽服Themba和Jimmy對動物的尊重。
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沒錯,這次的放手讓我們更見識到他們的專業。Themba和Jimmy這天也是花了很多時間精力,奔波了好久才追到這隻犀牛,而且他們說這隻犀牛平常很大方的,但是這天卻特別敏感警覺,顯然不願意被打擾。雖然想要滿足客人們想看犀牛的熱情,但更重要的是尊重動物當時的狀態和情緒。給他們比讚!
這天的sundowner在一個風景開闊的小山頭。夕陽把金粉抹在樹梢、葉尖,遠處的Drakensberg重巒疊嶂,像一幅畫卷在我們眼前展開。
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大家都感嘆,南非真是美啊!
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當下我們聊到次日就要開回Joburg,不免擔心Joburg的治安,Diane說她被警察追從來不停,這裡的警察90%都是corrupted。我問他們去了倫敦後會不會就不回來了。Derek和她都搖頭,指著草原說,To give up all of this?! No, we can’t.
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難忘這個餘暉漫野的黃昏
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有個愛搞笑的孩子
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野性、原始、生生不息,熱烈又恬靜,溫柔又殘酷,乾枯荒涼下卻湧動著鮮活強烈的勃勃生機,南非草原的美,叫我們心醉神迷。
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這晚回程中還有一個bonus—我們又見到一隻花豹!!天哪,我們也太幸運了!在Sausage Tree每趟game drive都有它的身影,它可是最難見到的叢林隱士啊。
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Jimmy的眼力有多厲害?連這麼小的一隻變色龍在夜林裡都能被他逮著。
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最後一個game drive。拂曉的靜謐中,長頸鹿的剪影,我想再不會有一個更浪漫的清晨了。
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一隻美麗的kudu。
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超級好運!就在路旁看到一對honey badgers!
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今天Themba和Jimmy再接再厲,繼續追犀牛。他們時而低下頭看路面,時而跳下車查看附近的蹤跡,追了一個半小時還一無所獲。真正的追蹤不是往前開5分鐘就完工,而需要極大的耐心、決心、毅力,當然還要有日積月累的高強tracking功力。看著他們這樣堅持不懈的努力,真是叫我佩服得五體投地。結果,天道酬勤,不可思議的,真的給他們追到了!
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這兩隻犀牛也太親切了,圍著我們團團轉啊。
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“This is amaaaazing,” 小朋友的眼睛那麼亮。
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這是兩頭白犀牛,比昨天看到的黑犀牛大了一倍!但其實黑白兩種的顏色都是灰色的,區別在於嘴唇的形狀。白犀牛是方型嘴,黑犀牛是尖尖圓圓嘴。
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天哪,我們簡直是老鼠掉米缸啦!過年了過年了!全車都興奮得手舞足蹈。車上的四個資深玩家大力拍著我們說,你們太幸運了!! This is the absolute best of the best!!
真是一個最華麗的高潮結尾!心滿意足凱旋回營後,我們跟各位客人、staff告別,老公給了豐厚的小費。在Sausage Tree這三晚四天的Safari真遠遠超過我們的預期,整個過程都太愜意,超級無敵滿意,真要舉雙手雙腳霹靂推薦這家酒店。
最後來個打鳥集錦。Derek喜歡觀鳥,托他的福,我們也跟著看到好多。
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這些鳥我都不認識。。。紅嘴翠鳥,那羽毛真亮眼,glossy starling?
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這隻藏得這麼隱密,也被Themba挖出來了。
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Crowned plover?
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Grey lourie
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艷冠群芳的Lilac Breasted Roller
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車子飛快地馳騁在開往Joburg的公路上,車窗外變換著色彩與風景,全家人還在回味著過去這幾天的點點滴滴,捨不得從這場美夢中醒來。
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Safari還教給我們有趣的collective nouns,平常我們常用的 a school of fish, a flock of seagulls, 很有限,到了Kruger才覺得“學到用時方恨少”啊,好多動物的collective nouns我以前都不知道,聊到一群這樣那樣的動物時,我就有點短路,陸地上通通用“a herd of”(elephants/zebras/buffalo), 水裡的就是“A pod of”(hippo),後來發現這兩個都用錯了,汗一個。下面是safari常見動物的collective nouns,這裡面我唯一真知道的是a pride of lions,其他都是現學現賣。
非洲五霸打前陣:
A pride of lions
An obstinacy of buffalo
A parade of elephants
A crash of rhinoceroses
A leap of leopards
A coalition of cheetahs (這個太boring)
A bloat of hippopotami
A bask of crocodiles
A zeal of zebras
A tower of giraffes
A cackle of hyenas
A shadow of jaguars(非洲當然沒有美洲豹,但這shadow太有畫面感了)
還有關於鳥兒的也太有趣了吧:
An unkindness of ravens
A murder of crows
A pandemonium of parrots
問老公知道幾個,他一臉不屑地說,This is so stupid. ![呵呵 呵呵](https://blog.wenxuecity.com/include/editor/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/wxc/005.gif)
回顧我們的行程:一晚在Kruger公共營地+三晚在私人營地,老公小孩都說這是最適合我家的。總結對比國家公園公共營地和私人營地:
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想要去南非Safari的朋友,建議公共營地和私人營地都體驗一番,先去公共營地,再去私人營地,畢竟“由簡入奢易,由奢入儉難”。霹靂推爆Sausage Tree Safari Camp。在叢林中乘風馳騁追蹤動物的野趣無可比擬;這家酒店全體staff的真誠慷慨敬業,還有跟其他客人的愉快相處,都更令這次Safari完美,成為我家畢生難忘的體驗,每一分鐘都太美好。
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